NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 872
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11 MARCH 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 6)
872. Mr P D Dexter (Cope) to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources:
Whether her department is fully utilising computer assisted
audit techniques as well as other measures to ensure that any
adjustments to its annual financial statements are fully
supported by required documentation; if not, why not; if so,
what outcomes has her department achieved as a result of
implementing such a system? NW952E
REPLY
No, the department is not utilising computer assisted audit techniques
in preparing the Annual Financial Statements but the templates
prescribed by National Treasury.
All adjustments made to Annual Financial Statements subsequent to 31
May submission are supported by the required documentation and are
communicated to the auditors.